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 ./build.sh
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+To run the emulator _outside_ of the MSYS2 environment, download the [SDL runtime binary for Windows](https://libsdl.org/download-2.0.php) and place the `SDL2.dll` file in the same directory as the emulator (`bin/`).
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 ## Getting Started
 
 ### Emulator